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Dav Pilkey‘s name may not be familiar, but his most famous creation, Captain Underpants, has become a household name — even in households that don’t have kids. But that’s what 80 million ...
The children's series "Captain Underpants" has topped the list of the most banned books in America in 2012, and we've broken down the most offensive parts.
It’s hard to say the name “Captain Underpants” without smiling, and the big-screen debut of the skivvies-clad superhero (the film’s subtitle is “The First Epic Movie”) maintains that ...
‘Captain Underpants’ and the New Push to Make Cheaper Animated Movies Outsourced to Canada with a budget of just $38 ?million, DreamWorks Animation’s film is a radical experiment in low-cost ...
Dav Pilkey has just released his 10th Captain Underpants book. The series, packed with potty humor and goofy illustrations, delights reluctant readers and horrifies many grown-ups. Pilkey says he ...
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie isn’t without flaws, including some pacing issues that indicate its 89-minute runtime could’ve been trimmed down further.
“Captain Underpants” also imparts a universal lesson about the distinction between laughing with someone, rather than at them, and most important, about being able to laugh at yourself.
“Captain Underpants” achieves a convincingly hand-drawn look in the characters’ chunky oval bodies, the buildings they inhabit and the backgrounds where the action is set.
Why is David "Dav" Pilkey posing in a pair of giant tighty whities at a book appearance? Because he's the author and illustrator of the hugely popular "Captain Underpants" series -- also a big ...
A Michigan elementary school has banned the latest "Captain Underpants" novel from its book fair because one of the main characters is gay, according to a report by ...